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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12
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Ecclesiastes 4:7
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Then I looked again at futility under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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There was a man without a (F1)dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, (C1)his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, "And (C2)for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?" This too is futility, and it is an (C3)unhappy task.
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Ecclesiastes 4:9
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Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor;
Ecclesiastes 4:10
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for if (F1)either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not (F2)another to lift him up!
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Ecclesiastes 4:11
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Furthermore, if two lie down together they (F1)keep warm, but (C1)how can one be warm alone?
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Ecclesiastes 4:12
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And if (F1)one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
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